Probably the worst Edition of this franchise. A lot of highlights from past editions are ignored. It's the most basic one with very low managing capacities. The game is incomplete. It looked like they throw us a game without finishing it. They had to do an update version so you can select your own winning criteria.
Here's a list of what's missing and also some bugs.
- can't select the priority of your cities ($, prod, culture, science, etc.)
- it stops at the mid 20th century technologies : no Internet, no satellites, no furtivity, no parachute, no airport to transport soldiers, people, etc.
- the diplomatic part is dramatically poor. You can't negotiate anything except for commercial routes, festivities or poorly effective measures. You can't exchange money for resources. You can't threat someone of war if they don't agree to your proposal.
- this is the worst : you can Nuke your allies without any concerns. Without declaring war. And it doesn't affect the level of your relation. It is like a invisible attack without no one knowing.
- some movement on the map, especially on the ocean, will make your boat disappear and reappear somewhere else on the map.
- I bought some planes which were disappearing as soon as the next tour arrived.
I played every editions. My favourite remains Civilization V. This VII is to forget. I'll wait and see if I will continue in a upcoming VIII. I'm truly disappointed of VII even if I am a fan of Civilization
